Case 12
Another pistillate was changeable and killed connected Monday successful Tembisa Ekurhuleni, this clip successful an evident robbery. The 23-year-old pistillate was connected her mode to enactment erstwhile she was gunned down and her belongings were besides taken.
She has not yet been named.
This is the 12th assemblage recovered successful the aforesaid country but constabulary person not recovered immoderate nexus betwixt this lawsuit and the find of the different bodies.
While astir of the bodies were recovered successful the aforesaid area, constabulary confirmed the find of different assemblage astir 39 miles (63 km) distant from Ekurhuleni connected 20 September.
The assemblage of a young woman, believed to beryllium successful her 20s, was recovered wrapped successful a duvet successful a dam successful Soweto, south-west of Johannesburg.
It's unclear if her execution is linked to those successful Ekurhuleni.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the sidesplitting of these women and others was a "stain connected our nationalist conscience".
South Africa has 1 of the highest homicide rates, with 5,427 radical murdered betwixt April and June this twelvemonth alone.
South African constabulary statistic bash not differentiate victims by sex but the South African Human Rights Commission said past week that 569 women were killed betwixt April and June this year. This works retired arsenic an mean of six women killed each day.
Police person acceptable up a task squad to analyse these murders and person offered a reward of 400,000 rand ($24,000; £18,000) for accusation that could pb to arrests.
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